Show r i 1 M t i. i 3 0 r. r fl 4 44 I 4 t 4 t H 4 M 4 4 M I 4 M- M MM 4 t M t M tf M M t. t 1 J x THE BEER TRU TRUST T. T J t t n f M I M I M I I M t t M H- M f 4 4 t t t bC f trust havin having managed to get itself I into JE trouble uble uble with the authorities at Washington I it appropriate s that its natural twin sister the bc beer st also should experience a little salutary c difficulty since everybody e knows that there i is a sentimental sentimental sen sea tie which mades beef and beer go together Attorney General Knox has been taking taking- sto stock k of ofU IQ it tion and has informed the House Judiciary t fp that he be fancies th the e b beer el trust mi might ht be beUlie lie U better for a. a little ventilation We e do not nott U t r. r S l t ti remember t exactly with what it is charged It i is true that trust trust- hr breweries breweries- to to the he vision seem to be growing rowing more more arid and more 1 works and their d product ct t to taM tate tat l less ss I t lf the primeval malt and hops b but that Vii yi ril l Iu In saying this we do not wish hat either molt malt or hops is a primeval but bot butis j ln is the same Sante and as far as we know i t tern Eastern cities one oue can still pr procure ure three three- quarters of a si glass of foam for a n nickel So the tile v- v tr trust may not nor h be le us itS much to blame as some people i imagine However by bJ all means let us have an inn investigation and if possible bring t to an end the tile vicious practice of making the be beverage of the tIle t r o o weak and und watery a fluid that a t barrel of it start a total abstinence society automat automat- ic it t is a grave question this one of beer There I j is if qUI own Saltair for example the very name of which Ch creates a a. thirst not t to be q quenched on the on-the the premises this year The relief measure proposed l tar 1 of a bumboat service for the multitude 1 may make a difference but one the dc- dc 4 of which will appeal to people variously 2 as af their minds or elbows ll happen to be 4 bent nt Probably the device ice to circumvent the Salt Salt- v air management will come com to naught and amI we shall have hae nothing to lead our infant steps astray ashay at the theu u gr great at resort worse than lemonades an and ginger pops Why should not the they be he sll sufficient They are every bit as wet as beer heel an and ane just exactly as good to drink in the estimation of ever every y citizen who never ne has tasted the real thin thing But we diverge After the beef and ond beer trusts have llave been raked over o the coals why might not the bread cheese and pickle trusts be put on the fire for fat fata a while Then we should have ha the whole picnic lunch menu sizzling together r at one and nd the same time It Uis ts is a aL r rl l t L I t I J I r r- r j 1 11 I Ii Jd fr noble thought and Columbia expects el e every son SOil to todo todo do 10 his duty whether he be in Congress or oi the penitential pen pen- By ny the way We be excused the remark re re- re mark in passing that there thele is more beer drinking among men of national prominence and even en renown re reo re- re i in the Capitol in Washington than han there hel is isa a among ong the abandoned criminals who till Sing Sing prison This is a point which reformers many not notIme have Im noticed but it is a good one and ought to be worked for all there is in it |